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WordMasters: Grade 8 Blue Division Nov-Dec '08

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  1. mantle
    a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
  2. foment
    try to stir up
  3. incessant
    uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
  4. cohesion
    the state of sticking together
  5. lambaste
    censure severely or angrily
  6. impervious
    not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
  7. membrane
    a sheet of tissue that lines or connects organs or cells
  8. blanch
    turn pale, as if in fear
  9. profane
    grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
  10. attrition
    the act of rubbing together
  11. divert
    turn aside; turn away from
  12. irreverent
    showing lack of due respect or veneration
  13. pith
    spongelike central cylinder of the stems of flowering plants
  14. deflect
    turn from a straight course or fixed direction
  15. periodic
    happening or recurring at regular intervals
  16. sheath
    a protective covering, as for a knife or sword
  17. appease
    make peace with
  18. staccato
    (music) separating the notes
  19. ignominy
    a state of dishonor
  20. contend
    compete for something
  21. unremitting
    uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
  22. shroud
    burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
  23. antagonize
    provoke the hostility of
  24. permeable
    allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through
  25. cede
    give over
Created on 三月 3, 2009

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